Prof. Mehmet Salih Bilal

Cardiovascular surgery department director in Medicana International Hospital. Graduated from Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine. Got postgraduate education in (Cardivascular Surgery Residency Program) at Istanbul University School of Medicine. Has the experience of working in the best clinics abroad: Onze Lieve Vrouwe Ziekenhuis Hospital (Belgium), Columbia University Presbyterian Hospital (New York), Great Harmond Street Hospital (London), Marie Lannelongue Hospital (Paris) and others. In 2000 he earned the title of Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery (Yeditepe University). Completed training on minimally invasive mitral repair in Massa, Italy.

Memberships:

• Turkish Cardiovascular Surgery Association
• Turkish Cardiology Association
• Turkish Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Association
• National Vascular Surgery Association
• Southern Thoracic Surgery(USA) and European Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and CTSNET

Specializations of the doctor: complex neonatal and infant heart surgery, Ross operation and LVOT surgery, double switch operation, David’s procedure, aortic surgery, valve repair, minimally invasive heart surgery and arterial revascularization in coronary surgery.